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<< Our Photo Pages >> Stidwell - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Devon

Submitted by AngieLake on Tuesday, 01 June 2010  Page Views: 4468

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Stidwell Alternative Name: Blindwell
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.058 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Ashburton  Nearest Village: Buckland-in-the-Moor
Map Ref: SX735729
Latitude: 50.542147N  Longitude: 3.786624W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Stidwell
Stidwell submitted by AngieLake : Looking over the wall at the area a few feet above Stidwell spring. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Devon

"Stidwell (Spring)" in blue on OS map (No.28, Dartmoor, Outdoor Leisure series), is situated just south of the Ten Commandments Stone at Buckland Beacon. (The beacon was one of those in a chain of warning beacons at the time of the Armada.)

Terry Faull, in his book ..'Secrets of the Hidden Source - In Search of Devon's Ancient and Holy Wells' .. tell us that there is "good public access but uphill across some uneven moorland."
I found it easier to approach from the top of Buckland Beacon, but walking (sometimes clambering!) down the narrow track that follows the dry-stone wall south down the steep hill. (I was on the west side of it, btw.) Look out for the point at which another wall joins this wall from the SE direction, and take a look over the main wall and you'll see the spring tucked in the corner where they meet.

Terry Faull continues:
"This is an interesting site as the parish boundary between Ashburton and Buckland-in-the-Moor is deliberately shaped to fit around the site of the spring. A document of c.1200 calls this place Blindwell. As late as 1771 a boundary dispute was settled by providing a drinking trough at Stidwell which was half in one parish and half in the other so that there was equal access to the water from the spring.
The substantial granite block wall which forms the boundary here runs from the road to Buckland up on to the moor towards Buckland Beacon, and Stidwell is to be found where this curves and another wall joins it to form a small enclosure. A jumble of stones marks the site of the spring although the drinking trough has gone.
Traditional uses: Lost "




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Stidwell
Stidwell submitted by AngieLake : Looking over the wall to see where Stidwell is situated, tucked into the area where the two walls meet. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stidwell
Stidwell submitted by AngieLake : First view of Stidwell spring tucked into the corner where the two walls meet. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stidwell
Stidwell submitted by AngieLake : The area on the west side of the wall that runs downhill from Buckland Beacon. Stidwell spring is just over the wall here. You can see how steep the track is. It didn't appear easy to access the well from the east. [iirc there was also barbed wire running along the wall.] (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SX7372 : Rough path from Buckland Beacon by jeff collins
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SX7372 : Down Beacon Hill [2] by Michael Dibb
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SX7372 : Stidwell by Guy Wareham
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SX7373 : Snowy moorland near Buckland Beacon by Derek Harper
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SX7372 : Down Beacon Hill [3] by Michael Dibb
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